Q6600 will it drop in price soon?

[Rofflay]

well after i put 4gb ram in my system my fsb is now limited to 430 on a E6300 thats 3010mhz not really enough for me atm with a 8800 gtx i struggle in tf2 24 player servers in some really hectic bits(40fps) but the prices of these still kinda put me off.

ive always been a fan of cheap overclockable cpu's from a xp 2500-M to the p4d 830 and then the E6300 and would love to see Q6600 G0's at the £100 mark.

currently this week with a decent cooler it would still cost around 180 quid how long u guys reckon until they drop again?

i would like one for christmas tbh along with a thermaltake big typhoon and a crazy 120cfm delta fan(loud but will lower other system fans speeds to accomodate hopfully). my board does 400+fsb so i could expect 3.6 with that cooling setup u guys reckon maybe more?

 

[Rofflay]

yep i have tried settings fsb voltage and mch to 0.2 and ram to 5-5-5-18 and still wasnt stable it was with 2gb. this was 440fsb which was my max anyways anything over this ie 445 *** reset the bios. it is either the limit of the DS3 mobo or the ram im not quite sure tbh either way its stable on 430fsb so i didnt lose too much speed id love to get above 430 tho

 

[Rofflay]

only thing now thats holding me back is this http://www.diy-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77619

ive got the same mobo i wonder has anyone else got the GA-965P-DS3 and has overclocked thier Q6600 around 400fsb which is what i want 3.6ghz. i use f4 bios as well i really dont want to have to update it :/

 

[Rofflay]

that was the p35 tho will i have the same problem in the 965 DS3? pointless buying one if i have to buy a new mobo it would be better waiting until penyrn hmm how would i go about finding out about how bad a Q6600 overlocking is on my mobo?

 

[Rofflay]

banged on f12 bios last night and see 3d mark 06 has jumped 500 points same cpu score but different sm 2.0 and 3.0 scores up from 4900 to 5100

now do i take the risk on a g0 or not